- Reference
- Nuytsia 6:314-315 (1988)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-2.3 m high. Fl. yellow/orange-brown, Mar to Aug. White or yellow sand over limestone, lateritic gravel.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1.5-2 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 30-80 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, hairy; petiole 0 mm long; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, the margins revolute. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), yellow, orange or brown; innermost bracts 2-4 mm long, hairy. Perianth 23-26 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), without awns; pistil 34-41 mm long, hooked, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 15-30 mm long. Flowers in March, April, May, June, July or August. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Moora, Northampton, Three Springs, Wanneroo.